Sunday, July 20, 2014

Postwoman chased by 2,000 bees that escaped from parcel

A postwoman was chased by a swarm of
bees that escaped from a parcel she was delivering. Carar Tyer was on rounds in Yeovil, Somerset, when she opened her van door
and became engulfed in thousands of the insects.

"I saw this box... and all of a sudden I saw bees around me everywhere and I
screamed and ran," she said. A beekeeper was called in to collect the swarm and the 2,000 live bees were
delivered to the parcel's recipient.

Ms Tyer said she was not stung by any of the bees in the parcel but the
experience had made her more cautious. "If I get one bee in my van it's a bit scary and I open up all the windows to
get it out. So to have that many - it wasn't a good experience," she said. "So I do look a bit more, when I'm half asleep at 6 o'clock in the morning,
to see what I'm carrying now."